What is the best way to find follow-ups to a minor (to everybody else) news story in a specific publication?

For example, I would like to follow a story first reported in the Seattle Times, but the names of the principles aren’t mentioned. Is there some way I can flag the story to get updates? The writer? I don’t subscribe, can I find out without subscribing?

If there’s really no way without jumping through many hoops, that’s OK, just curious. I can probably figure something out, I am hoping someone knows an easy way.

Thanks